Career break in Namibia - Employment Opportunities with EHRA

• Role: Assistant Project Leader for the volunteer project


• Start Date: A.S.A.P.


• Duration: Minimum 1 Year


• Location: EHRA base camp, Ugab River, Damaraland, Namibia. Specifically, here.
  


• Description:

  The project runs every 2 weeks, the first week entails construction of protection walls around community water points to prevent damage by the local elephants. During the second week volunteers are taken on elephant patrol where they help us with our research into elephant and herd movements. Project runs throughout the year with the exception of December and January. For more information see the volunteer project page.

  You must look after our volunteers at all times and put their needs before your own. You will have to help construct walls, drive, teach volunteers how to cook, shop for supplies, maintain and fix vehicles, spend a lot of time with the local elephants and ensure volunteer safety.

  You will be given on the job training into 4x wheel drive, elephant tracking and identification, as well as the chance to learn about the other local flora and fauna. You will need to be incredibly hard working, this job never stops! Past volunteers who have taken on this post have gone on to guide professionally and manage exclusive lodges within in Namibia, so the hard work will pay off!

• Qualifications:

  Must have completed some form of guiding/conservation experience, hold a current drivers license, be english and ideally afrikaans speaking and some knowledge of local flora and fauna would be an advantage. The person must be good at manual work and be incredibly practical. Mechanical knowledge is a big advantage. You will constantly be around people and therefore an easy going manner and good sense of humour is essential!

• Conditions:

  Your home will be at either the EHRA base camp where accommodation is in tents or reed A-frames or will be at a mobile based at the project site. Compost toilets and showers are provided at base camp. Every other weekend you go to Swakopmund (a local resort town) to resupply, pick up and drop off volunteers and relax. During this weekend you stay in a local backpackers. Your accommodation in Swakopmund is paid for. All your accommodation and food is provided and a small allowance is given once a month.

If you would like more information on this opportunity please contact us